RedJessi

Oh awesome! I am so looking forward to this now!!

YAY! PICS!

I am going to try to make it out that Saturday, I think!

Okay, the ballots are in... And the date is SET!

This will go down on the weekend of May 9th and 10th!

Mojito, we'd love to have you and any of the other Sacred Hearts that would be willing to come up! I think I have sent invites to Fayma the last time or two we did the Santa Maria to-dos (or at least I hope I did), but if you and the others would be willing to join us that would be awesome!!!

Perkeo, really hope you can make it back. It would be good to see Efera and Grizz as well!

If half of those interested show, this event is likely to double in size from the last time... and if most or all of those interested show, this is likely to grow to be a pretty huge event.

Oh my goodness. My birthday is May 12th. This might be a nice way to spend it. heh. Need to check my on-call schedule.....

FlaRF (ren fest, I know. But still) is having it's Pirate themed weekend on Feb 21 & 22.

Anyone planning on showing up?

Thank you muchly! Believe me, I know how hectic life gets. It's been nonstop since PiP for me and I haven't even had time to catch my breath. Hopefully it will calm down soon....

EMPTY?! Take that back!!! Those are valuable, joy filled calories of NECESSITY, Sir!

Hey gang!

Sorry for being incommunicado for a few weeks.

After graduation there was the holidays, recuperation from the holidays and the travel therein and then I started the new job, which I am still trying to settle into with a full patient roster.

And then the family imploded. The economy in Palm Beach is in such a ridiculous tail spin that 98% of my clients are suffering from anxiety/depression due to losing their jobs/homes/loved ones to suicide/etc. Fuck you, Ponzi, is all I have to say. Add to that that my own father was laid off after 38 years with his company and my sister still hasn't found work after graduating a week after me and yeaaaah. Things are ugly in the House of Red Jessi. Anyway, I'm going to try and get back into the swing of posting and reading and keeping up, though. We'll see how that goes! The road to hell is paved with what again?

How's all of you?

Oh, I cannot take credit, Rusty - those are all things I found from the site that Jack Roberts already linked to. But seriously great stuff - and lots more that could work with just a little alteration!

That site has LOTS of great stuff! Check it out!

Cool pants!

Chemical warfare trench

airship pin?!

women's dress coat

women's dress tunic

men's wool tunic

I might just be in love.

Wow! Fantastic shots!!

I brought home whatever sickness many others were passing around, but I suspect no one misses it....

The Scarlett Jai in PC Togs action figure (I took a pic of her and Leatherback with Jessi's camera, but she didn't post them. Did they suck so badly they didn't rate posting?):

I only posted a handful of the photos - but the picture you speak of is on the picasa page I linked too a few posts back :)

not going to auction me off... well thats good. of course i could probably fetch a fair shilling or two wearing my skull and cross bone diamond studded thong. was really thinking of entering the hot a$ pirate contest wearing it.

Great. Now I have to wash my brain with bleach.

If I had an ideal we would add soldiers on horseback to chase the raiders away and lead them to the edge of the path. We cold liberate those poor horses at the Navy yard, he says slyly.

-- Hurricane

Soldiers on Horses?!? But I don't have a horse... Now if you can find someone to loan me one ... I would happily change my portrayal from infantry to dragoon...

Oddly enough, I had a dream about horseback riding through the fort and down the path the other night. WEIRD!

now if we train up the tour guides correctly, some folks could even do living history, by staying in character to demonstrate their skill instead of doing just the dry lecture and the tour guides would be able to handle the questions, so, them that wanted to didn't have to break character but just remain doing... for instance... whilst folks are playing games of chance in the ordinary, a quarrel breaks out about someone cheating, the rules to the game can actually be taught during the quarrel without someone actually standing there stating them... not only teaches about the game, but teaches about the hot headedness of the times, folks could be betting on the outcome of the duel/fight... very realistic, and then the tour guides would be able to do the educatiing without the fight being interuppted until it comes to its own conclusion...

Another instance, Dutch teaches navigation by using the snotties as his students and treating the TOURISTS as IF they were just more midshipmen coming to the class, he's still teaching, the audience is still learning, and he doesn't have to break character EVEN when answering questions...

The buccaneers could teach about the birds and shot per bird, by doing, egging each other on with the shots... and pretending to get loaded on ice tea...(sorry I still say save the real alcohol for after the public goes home). and of course doing the cooking, the skinning, and whatever... set the cat and fiddle up close by to hear the gents discussing their plans and the politics of the times....

I would still like to see the surgeon actually operating on someone and actually educating while explaining to his assistant what the hell he is doing... besides nothing draws a crowd like blood and guts... But I also know Mission's equipment is so complicated that at times he needs to stand and lecture....

Have some of the qirls that might be interested demonstrate laundry, candle making, etc... but educate by doing, not just standing there talking...have a captain shouting at Bess about her terms of indentureship and if she screws up the mending of the officers' shirts once more, she'll have more time added to her contract..she dares to stand up to him and bingo, folks can learn a good deal bout indentured servants without one person playing teacher. turn it into a period appropriate skit, that will hold folks attention and teach... not everyone learns audibly....make things visiual... that is why places like Jamestown and Williamsburg are so successful... and allow the tour guides to be the bridge between the past and the audience...

Oh my GOD I love these ideas. I didn't get involved in any living history/immersion stuff, since PiP was my first event, but I could certainly get involved for future events.

Am I putting a gun to anyone's head?

No, but we could work that into a skit....

Thanks for all the congrats guys! It was a loooong road. But yes, now I can say that you are all certifiable and in about 2 years I can involuntarily commit you.

Ninjas BEWARE.

Going through these photos has made me have to come to terms with EXACTLY how drunk I got Sunday....

Hee! Thanks guys. I actually slept a full 8 hours yesterday for the first time in about 3 years! It was GLORIOUS!

You can't really tell in the pics, but the sleeves on the robe had these loooong parts that hung down, like a furisode kimono. I kept my cell phone in one and lip gloss and a compact in the other. Thus I was always in touch with the family (who sent helpful messages like "Look this way!") and could always appear fresh, even after 2 hours of sitting.

I begin my first official job January 5, with the title "Clinical Therapist". My pants, they are quite fancy, no?

Glad you guys made it home safe and sound - and thanks for all you did to make the event unforgetable!

My first PiP was spectacular - and that is largely thanks to the Bone Island Buccaneers. You guys put together an incredible event! I can't wait for next year!

Tracy went all out on it. I'll be certain to pass along the compliments.

That is just astounding!

Really great work, everyone!!

I am now Red Jessi, MSW!

And I have them all up now. You can view here!

Some of my ghostie pics

RedJessi,

Oh thank-you so much for getting a shot of everyone doing the 'Living History' demos/lectures. This is such a wonderful plus for the event.

Great shots of Mission and Dutch!

I only wish I could have gotten more!